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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Mitchel Hopson:&#039;&#039;&#039; It was raining when I drove up Plum Branch to record Mitch Hopson.  I had been told that he was a clawhammer banjo-player (which he was) and was pleasantly surpr...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Mitchel Hopson:&#039;&#039;&#039; It was raining when I drove up Plum Branch to record Mitch Hopson.&amp;nbsp; I had been told that he was a clawhammer banjo-player (which he was) and was pleasantly surprised when he pulled his fiddle case from beneath the bed.&amp;nbsp; It also came as a surprise to be told that in his youth he had played alongside Fiddlin’ John Carson, the Georgia fiddle-player attributed with recording the first commercial 78 of old-time music.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Far in the Mountains (MTCD321-4)&#039;&#039;</div>

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